Don Nickles

Don Nickles is the founder, CEO and chair of the lobbying firm the Nickles Group. According to the firm's website, Nickles "supervises the firm's government relations and consulting practices, and oversees the management of business development and client issues." 

Nickles served as a Republican member of the U.S. Senate for 24 years. He's also a co-founder and member of the Oklahoma Coalition for Peace through Strength.

Lobbying in health reform debate
As a former Senator, Nickles, a Republican from Oklahoma, helped negotiate the final version of Medicare Part D (which covers payment of prescription drugs), then left to form his own lobbying firm. Bristol-Myers Squibb paid Nickels' lobbying firm $120,000 by October, 2009 to lobby for, among other things, “health care reform issues related to Medicaid and Medicare.”


 * Director, Christian Freedom International
 * Director, Valero
 * Congressional Advisory Board, Center on Regulation and Economic Growth
 * Susan B. Anthony List: Executive and Advisory Committee's
 * Director, American Council for Capital Formation

Iraq War
Nickles voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq in Oct. 2002.

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 * Government-industry revolving door
 * Center on Regulation and Economic Growth
 * National Coalition for Peace through Strength